Mountain Base

At this moment, the two monsters fighting the mechs in the city center paused their movements.

After taking direct hits from three mechs, the Fist Scorpion charged forward, fighting three at once.

The Flowing Blade retreated, then suddenly opened its mouth wide like a pair of open scissors aimed at the sky, as if it were going to tear the heavens in half.

ROAR--

A massive roar shook the surroundings, truly shaking the four directions in a literal sense.

The sound was deafening!

Even the Blood Angels, tens of thousands of meters away, heard the sound and turned their heads towards the direction of the monsters' roars.

But the next second, a chorus of gasps and the sound of heavy impacts against metal walls erupted from the original spot, forcing them to turn their heads back.

They saw all the vehicles stopped in place. The car doors opened, drivers panicked and fell to the ground, then sat up and scrambled backward on all fours in terror!

The armed Self-Defense Forces members escorting them nervously aimed their guns at the constantly shaking trucks and the occasionally deformed cargo containers from sudden heavy impacts.

"The thing inside is alive!"

"It seems related to the roar of the war machines created by that xenos civilization. I'm afraid these traitors are really researching these xenos-related things!"

"Should we eliminate it?"

Quan Tiehua shook his head upon hearing the question. "Conceal yourselves for now. Our mission is to retreat. First, ensure the Chapter Master and the injured brothers find a safe place."

"Yes!"

As the hammering sounds grew more frequent and louder, some personnel in the vicinity began to lose composure and panic, wanting to flee.

The first person to run triggered the panic in others with weaker psychological fortitude. A group of people began to scatter in all directions, but the next second, those well-armed Self-Defense Forces little idiots swiftly turned their guns and fired without hesitation, killing the fleeing individuals on the spot.

With the sound of gunfire and the blooming of blood, the shaking and hammering of the truck stopped.

This scene made the group of armed Self-Defense Forces little idiots aim their guns even more nervously at the truck. One of them, who seemed to be the leader, gestured to his subordinates beside him to open the truck door.

Quan Tiehua and the Astartes saw this and shook their heads. For them, if a target they were protecting posed a threat to the Imperium and the Chapter, they would eliminate it without hesitation.

At this moment, the instant the two little idiots' hands touched the door handles, the entire cargo container suddenly shook violently and then exploded!

A blood-red figure shot out, lifting the two little idiots who were about to open the door into the air.

Then came the splattering of brains. Perhaps the mortals present couldn't tell, but the Astartes saw it clearly.

The two little idiots were grabbed by their heads by two gigantic, pale-white human palms attached to articulated skeletal structures on their arms and covered in metal armor, then lifted into the air and crushed.

The next second, the little idiots unleashed their full firepower, but it was completely useless. The monster slowly walked out of the truck.

Its five-meter height instilled immense pressure on all the little idiots present. Even the Blood Angels felt a sense of curiosity.

With this height and armor, how would it fare against an Astartes in combat?

The five-meter figure's core could clearly be seen as a robust human. However, its limbs were severed at the joints and connected by armor resembling mech-like transmission arms, greatly lengthening them.

Metal armor was also attached to various parts of its body, especially its head, where the upper half of its face and head were completely covered by a metal helmet-like shape.

This was entirely a fusion of metal and flesh.

"Ah, these mortals have good bio-technology! I imagine those Adeptus Mechanicus folks would be overjoyed to see this. And when they meet them later, I'm sure some significant changes will occur!" Quilstein commented as he watched the monster below begin its indiscriminate slaughter of the little idiots.

With the appearance of the first monster and its commencement of slaughtering the little idiots, the cargo containers of the trucks behind them burst open one after another, and identical monsters leaped out, joining the massacre.

The Blood Angels remained motionless, lying flat and doing their best to conceal themselves, watching the carnage unfold!

"These xenos were cultivated at this base. There should be many inside, right?" Quan Tiehua recalled the scene of the automated drone production base from Shao's Company in Pacific Rim: Uprising, which he had watched in his previous life.

"It's highly possible the entire mountain has been hollowed out!" Tylert analyzed after glancing at the mountainside. As the foremost master of fortifications and construction within the entire Chapter, in this 2-3k era, he could pinpoint the weak points and roughly reconstruct the original appearance of any defensive structures or buildings constructed by humans on their home turf with just a sweep of his eyes.

Quan Tiehua had absolute faith in his analysis. When the entire Chapter's new recruits had completed their training, they had all gathered for a party.

The Chapter Master had personally introduced each of the veteran soldiers with various technical skills.

When Tylert was introduced, it was said that ever since Tylert joined the Chapter, all the Chapter's defensive fortifications and the construction of some warships' churches had been his responsibility and command.

In terms of military engineering and architectural engineering capabilities within the entire Chapter, no one could surpass him!

"The area is quite large. Brother, how big do you think it is, and how many xenos like this are there?" Quan Tiehua asked Tylert. This was his area of expertise.

After several visual estimations, Tylert stated, "I estimate they've dug out nearly a hundred meters underground. Given their current wasteful use of space and habits, there could be as many as a thousand of these xenos!"

Upon hearing this news, Quan Tiehua couldn't help but grit his teeth. "What the hell are we going to do? Too troublesome! Everyone, stay hidden, and let's make a safe withdrawal!"

"Yes!"

"Sir! The bomber formation has reached the skies above Edo and has identified two target monsters! Do you wish to deploy ordnance?"

At this moment, a single B-52 Stratofortress, dispatched from Guam, had reached the skies above Edo at an altitude of six thousand meters.

"I'm giving you new coordinates. Carry out carpet bombing there to force the target group out!" The commander's voice came through the communication. Subsequently, a new set of coordinates was transmitted to the combat system platform.

The pilots of the three B-52s couldn't help but doubt if the commander had lost his mind.

After all, the mission assigned to them was to bomb Mount Odomo at this very moment.

Weren't their targets supposed to be the two monsters below?